After reading a bunch of reviews, I'm struck by how many people hate Mel Gibson, and how many people hate Christians. It seems like one feeds the other. This is not a story about Jesus's teachings, nor his life, and it wasn't meant to be. It's the story of him sacrificing his life for the sins of man. There were many people who witnessed the event and lived to tell the tale. It is fact, whether you like it or not. It is horrid, because that's the way it was at the time. If it makes you feel uncomfortable, it should. This guy died so you can do whatever you want and have him take the blame for it. I know that many Jews are extremely upset that Caiphus was portrayed the way he was, and have made it their vendetta to get Mel Gibson at any cost. The NY Times published an article written by Frank Rich about Jew baiting BEFORE the film was released. The Hollywood elite have plagued Gibson ever since. I think that there is a lesson here for everyone, including Frank Rich and the secular Hollywood elitists, that forgiveness is the solution, not revenge. The rest of you folks can go back to watching Bill Maher's "Religious".
Review of The Passion of the Christ
The Passion of the Christ
(2004)
Sorry Folks, that's the way it really was, like it or not.
4 April 2010